Turner v. Taylor's Adm'x

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The Combs Hotel, before its destruction by fire on December 15, 1928, was a five-story building located in Hazard, Ky., having been constructed by D. Y. Combs before his death which .occurred in 1927. The first story was occupied by the hotel office, and business houses. Immediately above was a mezzanine floor, above it were the other stories of the building constructed for and devoted to hotel purposes, and which contained 121 rooms. D. Y. Combs, the owner and builder of it, became largely indebted mostly for that purpose, to A. H. Hargis and two…